Why does svchost use so much RAM?
Why does svchost use so much RAM?
Many viruses or malicious programs can cause the svchost.exe high CPU/memory usage problem. So, determine which service or program runs under the svchost.exe process and is hogging your system’s CPU and memory resources and then proceed to disable or totally uninstall that program (or service).
How do I stop svchost.exe from running?
How can stop svchost.exe from using 100% of my CPU?
- Click on Start, Run and then type in services.msc.
- Find the svchost service and select Properties.
- Select Disabled from the Startup type box.
- Reboot computer, you can also try this in safe mode.
Is it safe to disable svchost?
If you use a Windows-based system, you may have opened your task manager to see a swarm of processes called “svchost” taking up a lot of room. The short answer to this is a definite, strong “no!” Do not force any svchost process to stop!
How to fix svchost.exe memory leak or high CPU usage?
Solution 3: Empty Event viewer log. In some cases the svchost.exe high CPU (or high Memory) usage problem has to do with the large log files in Windows event viewer. So, another solution is to clear Event Viewer’s log. To do that: 1. Simultaneously press Windows key + R to open run command box. 2.
When was the last update to svchost.exe?
Last updated on October 31st, 2016. Svchost.exe is a generic and legitimate Windows process that loads several other critical services for proper Windows operation. But in several cases users are complaining that Svchost.exe is hogging their CPU or Memory resources without obvious reasons e.g. at moments when the user doesn’t run any programs.
Is there a memory leak in Windows 7?
Not open for further replies. For the last few months my I am experiencing a large memory leak with svchost.exe (the one associated with process nsi). Operating systems is Windows 7 64 bit. The memory grows over a 1 week period to use most of the 8gb of available RAM.